Which is okay overall as long as they have fail safes that will shut the machine down if a cooling fan dies.The mean time between failure rates are specced for capacitors so the manufacturer knows exactly the quality of caps they are getting.. and this is another "hidden spec" that will differentiate more expensive equipment from cheaper ones. This is also part of the reason why a lot of these "cheap" inverters/AIOs have excessive fan noise is because they need to keep the internal temp down to prevent premature failure of cheaper components they used.
I bought the last generation Speed Queen that has no boards in 2014 and not one problem thus far...The old kenmore and whirlpool ones in avocado green and harvest gold that still work today. The street lights dim a little when they come on but they still work. The washing machines that you didn't have to wash twice or flush the tolite multiple times...the good ole days. I blame disposable diapers and lighters ..they started it all.
Speed Queens are awesome, do they still make the no boards ones with a agitator?I bought the last generation Speed Queen that has no boards in 2014 and not one problem thus far...
Except you can pay for a new more efficient one in just a few years with the power savings. #TradeoffsThe old kenmore and whirlpool ones in avocado green and harvest gold that still work today.
Besides, you can’t update the firmware in those old clunkers, so where’s the fun in that?Except you can pay for a new more efficient one in just a few years with the power savings. #Tradeoffs
Yep that is why I said in an "Inverter design".
Ones needs to update the firmware on the washing machine? So it doesn’t spit/splash back? Would that be an EG4 machine?Besides, you can’t update the firmware in those old clunkers, so where’s the fun in that?
Except you can pay for a new more efficient one in just a few years with the power savings. #Tradeoffs
Except you can pay for a new more efficient one in just a few years with the power savings. #Tradeoffs
And who pays for power…losers.And you get to do it again, and again, every few years!
If only it was that simple!Which is okay overall as long as they have fail safes that will shut the machine down if a cooling fan dies.
And as long as the cooling fins themselves are standard sizes and are easily accessible I see that as a fairly decent trade off.
The new ones last for a year or two before you have to call up home depot and go through days of back and forth with their India call center and Apu to get them to honor the warranty. Most times they will send out a tech to try and fix it a few times and each time it's a week or weeks before they get the parts..but in the end they still break because they are junk. From my, recent experience, don't buy a LG or Samsung. I lost so much food because of these new appliances and their so called energy efficient compressors. Also, don't get a fridge with the ice maker in the fridge compartment as opposed to the freezer section like it should be. What a headache and mess. If it hadn't been for me keeping my little old office fridge I'd not had a working fridge for almost three months as home depot gave me the run around.Except you can pay for a new more efficient one in just a few years with the power savings. #Tradeoffs
I have been Telling people to stay away from LG and Samsung Fridges and Washers but most did not listen.The new ones last for a year or two before you have to call up home depot and go through days of back and forth with their India call center and Apu to get them to honor the warranty. Most times they will send out a tech to try and fix it a few times and each time it's a week or weeks before they get the parts..but in the end they still break because they are junk. From my, recent experience, don't buy a LG or Samsung. I lost so much food because of these new appliances and their so called energy efficient compressors. Also, don't get a fridge with the ice maker in the fridge compartment as opposed to the freezer section like it should be. What a headache and mess. If it hadn't been for me keeping my little old office fridge I'd not had a working fridge for almost three months as home depot gave me the run around.
At least One Billion electrolytic capacitors were made with that defective formula. In 2003 (I think) I replaced failed PC motherboard Chinese capacitors that were 3-5 years old. On the other hand, I had Tektronix electrolytic power-supply capacitors last 20 years of continuous use before I replaced those.That brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for the Link.
People don't have to worry about that anymore. Those Capacitors were all destroyed almost two decades ago, so nothing made today would have them in it.
One interesting side note they left out was that Rubicon had figured out that the guy was a Chinese spy and so they deliberately let him get access to an electrolyte formula they had on file that had failed long term testing and relabeled it to look like the current production formula.